The problem of bud rot in Tumaco and methods for its management and replanting of crops
Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 29 Núm. 3 (2008); 11-16
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 29 Núm. 3 (2008); 11-16
0121-2923
Abstract
Bud Rot disease continues to advance in the municipality of Tumaco, in the south of Colombia. As a result of its lethal impact, the production of palm oil continues to fall. However, the shock response programs established and initiated in March 2007 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finagro, Fedepalma, Cenipalma and local oil palm cultivators have born fruit. These programs have included censuses of infected palms, state incentives for their eradication, funding for the renewal of plantations with the OxG hybrid, and the strengthening of research projects to determine the causal agent and to design technologies for its control. La enfermedad de la Pudrición del cogollo (PC) continúa avanzando en el municipio de Tumaco, al sur de Colombia, y como consecuencia de su impacto que ha sido letal, la producción de aceite de palma continúa cayendo. Por otra parte, los programas de choque establecidos e iniciados en marzo de 2007 por el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Finagro, Fedepalma, Cenipalma y los palmicultores locales y que comprendían los censos de palma enfermas, los incentivos estatales para erradicación de las mismas, el financiamiento para la renovación de plantaciones con el híbrido OxG, así como, el fortalecimiento de los programas de investigación para la determinación del agente causal y el diseño de tecnologías para su control, han venido dando sus frutos.
Bud Rot disease continues to advance in the municipality of Tumaco, in the south of Colombia. As a result of its lethal impact, the production of palm oil continues to fall. However, the shock response programs established and initiated in March 2007 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finagro, Fedepalma, Cenipalma and local oil palm cultivators have born fruit. These programs have included censuses of infected palms, state incentives for their eradication, funding for the renewal of plantations with the OxG hybrid, and the strengthening of research projects to determine the causal agent and to design technologies for its control.
Palabras clave:
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
pudrición del cogollo
manejo integrado de plagas
mejoramiento de plantaciones
Tumaco
Fondo para el Financiamiento del Sector Agropecuario
Finagro (Colombia)
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
pudrición del cogollo
manejo integrado de plagas
mejoramiento de plantaciones
Tumaco
Fondo para el Financiamiento del Sector Agropecuario
Finagro (Colombia)